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Maria Serra wooden barquentineHi Doug, Thank you for the wishes. They may have helped a bit 😊. As an update to all - I received a short mail from my contact in Italy. The Maria Serra is referred in a book dealing with the history of the Na…♥ 4 likes290 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineYou may be right Nerys, on all points. As a short update: I did received a cheerful reply from the Founder & Curator of the Italian Museum I turned to. He did present "the doubt that one can still find the dra…♥ 4 likes290 viewsPromotionThanks Nerys, from the humble Able Seaman. Up to Master Seaman there is still some climbing to do..😉166 viewsStarlet yacht.Tony, I think that scanning the few pages about the Starlet could be done. As to building - I might sometime in the future. Not decided yet. I have a 31" Trojan Cruiser kit in mind. All the best. Daniel♥ 5 likes656 viewsStarlet yacht.Hi Colin, Hi All Through tony29h (who liked my post!) I became aware of this Forum about the Starlet. Amazing as it may be - looking back at the few (about 15) journals of the Model Boats I kept for over 50 ye…
♥ 5 likes656 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi Nerys, Sure, I am aware of the time and effort I invest in this. Agreed, this is quite interesting. While at it I realized that the history of ships are mostly connected to the events she was involved in an…♥ 4 likes290 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi Nerys, You are absolutely right. For me the fact that the mizzen was removed followed from the answer of Lloyd’s. I assumed Lloyd’s has it's database right and the picture of a two masted barquentine would …♥ 4 likes172 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi Martin, Yes I did. I even downloaded the plans of the "Fidente". Thanks to your reminder, I re-looked at the plans of the Fidente. The details are a bit different - namely the Fidente is shorter and probabl…♥ 4 likes172 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi All, My interest in boat modeling is keen and a long-lasting dream I found, at last, the appropriate time to try and fulfill. I turn to you all in hope for some help. My goal is to build a model replica of …
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♥ 5 likes656 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi Nerys, Sure, I am aware of the time and effort I invest in this. Agreed, this is quite interesting. While at it I realized that the history of ships are mostly connected to the events she was involved in an…♥ 4 likes290 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi Nerys, You are absolutely right. For me the fact that the mizzen was removed followed from the answer of Lloyd’s. I assumed Lloyd’s has it's database right and the picture of a two masted barquentine would …♥ 4 likes172 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi Martin, Yes I did. I even downloaded the plans of the "Fidente". Thanks to your reminder, I re-looked at the plans of the Fidente. The details are a bit different - namely the Fidente is shorter and probabl…♥ 4 likes172 viewsMaria Serra wooden barquentineHi All, My interest in boat modeling is keen and a long-lasting dream I found, at last, the appropriate time to try and fulfill. I turn to you all in hope for some help. My goal is to build a model replica of …♥ 4 likes15 replies624 views